MAYERTHORPE-A man and woman are facing charges after they allegedly coughed on a police officer in two separate incidents.
According to an RCMP release, police responded to a complaint about a male suspect attempting to break into a residence at 46 Avenue and 49 Street in Mayerthrope around 7 a.m. on April 11.
Police added that the suspect also attempted to break into several vehicles in the area.
The RCMP stated that when they found the man a short time later he was exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 and that when they arrested him he purposefully coughed in a member's face.
The release states after he was apprehended the police then took him to the Mayerthorpe Healthcare Centre to have “a pre-existing injury, not related to his arrest” checked out.
While at the hospital a woman came to visit him. However, RCMP say that she became disruptive and they had to escort her out of the building.
It is at this point when she is alleged to have coughed intentionally coughed one of the RCMP officers.
Not long after, hospital staff reported the same woman was breaking into vehicles in the parking lot of the hospital.
Police said shortly afterwards she was arrested and put inside an RCMP cruiser, where she “caused extensive damage.”
The media release states the woman was also exhibiting symptoms of the coronavirus.
Jayden James Topley, 20, of Lac Ste-Anne has been charged with assault on a police officer and four counts of mischief under $5,000.
He will appear for a bail hearing in Stony Plain Provincial Court on April 15.
Charlotte Gileen Mills, 35, from the County of Barrhead, has been charged with two counts of assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, mischief under $5,000 and mischief over $5,000.
She has been released on bail and will appear in Mayerthorpe Provincial Court on June 25.
Barry Kerton, TownandCountryToday.com
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